Houston Chronicle by Alex Stuckey April 25, 2019
A test of the emergency system on the spacecraft being built to take humans back to the moon has been delayed again -- this time to allow for more testing at Cape Canaveral, Fla.
The Orion spacecraft program announced Thursday on Twitter that the test would not be conducted until July 2. Most recently, it was scheduled for early June.
"This date provides additional time for work on the launch abort system and takes into account Eastern Range availability," the tweet stated.
This is the second major delay for the test, known as Ascent Abort-2, since late last year. The test suffered a two-month delay because of the federal government shutdown that began Dec. 22 stemming from a political battle over a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico.
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